Category: Magazine
In- Between Earth and Sky: Iqra Tanveer at Moscow Museum of Modern Art
Pakistani artist Iqra Tanveer’s solo exhibition “Between Earth and Sky” opened at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art on October 30th and runs till the en [...]
In Conversation with Meher Afroz
Hajra Haider: Your life is divided in two very distinct chapters; being a student in India and artist in Pakistan. The time of the shift makes it very [...]
Subtlety and Under-layers in Popular Art and Culture
Everyday life, the mundane has a potency and ability of carrying the burdens of history and identity, parenting religion, politics, philosophy and mor [...]
Pursukoon Karachi
Ironically, reverberations of the political and religious tensions in the nation were felt in the city during the same weekend as the Pursukoon Karach [...]
Do it Yourself Art
The only definition of "readymade" published under the name of Marcel Duchamp (or his initials, "MD," to be precise) is "an ordinary object elevated t [...]
Fatima Munir and the City
Fatima Munir’s first solo show was held at the historical Rothas Gallery in Islamabad last month. The Karachi-based artist presented some of her lates [...]
Book Review: Labyrinth of Reflection – The Art of Rashid Rana
The Mohatta Palace Museum in collaboration with the Standard Chartered Bank recently launched Labyrinth of Reflection- The Art of Rashid Rana. Publish [...]
In Conversation with Durriya Kazi
ArtNow: How and when did you decide to become an artist?
Durriya Qazi: There was no actual decision. Just a drifting towards art. It was just somethi [...]
Silhouettes
The simplest of symbols, the most basic glimpses of the familiar, can be used to create worlds we only half-know. Some of the greatest feats of visual [...]
The Writer on Art
Just before my last visit to Karachi I was planning to do an interview of Shafi Aqeel, and was thinking to call him as soon as I arrive in his city; b [...]